Cigar-cutter.



J. H. BOWEN.

CIGAR GUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 29, 1912.

Patented' Jan. 13, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed ctober 29, 1912. Serial No. 728,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. BOWEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Cigar-Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a cigar cutter composed of a blade and plates which latter are pivoted to each other and adapted to hold such blade between the same and serve to bring the edge of the blade close to said plates, and so sever the tip of the cigar presented to the saine in an easy manner and with a smooth cut, the invention having also for its object the utilization of blades of the order employed for safety razors, especially after such blades have rendered service for shaving.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood Jthat the invention is not limited to the specific arrangement and organization shown and described.

Figures l and 2 represent views of opposite sides of a cigar cutter in closed condition embodying my invention. Figs. 3 and t are similar views of the same in open condition. Fig. 5 represents an inside view of one of the plates employed. Fig. 6 represents a face view of the blade employed. Fig. 7 represents a longitudinal sect-ion of the cutter on line fa-x Fig. l. Fig. 8 represents a perspective view of the pivot of the cutter on an enlarged scale. Figs. 9 and l0 represent elevations of other embodiments of the invention. Fig. 1l represents a section on line l1/--jz/ Fig'. l0.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings. 1 and 2 designate plates which are connected at their centers by the pivot 3`so that they can be turned one on the other, said pivot occupying openings in said plates. interposed between said plates is the blade l which is provided with circular openings 5 either of which receives the lug 6 which projects from the inner side of the plate l, and has one side curved so as to accord with the periphery of the opening in the blade that it occupies, so that as the pivot 3 passes also through the central opening of said blade, the latter is retained firmly on said plate l and prevented from turning independently thereon. In the other plate 2, on opposite sides of the pivot thereof are circular openings 7 which are adapted to receive the tips of a cigar to be cut, while the cutting edges of the blade 4 are adapted by the turning of the plates to be passed over said openings and shear therewith.

rlhe sides of the plate l, near the ends thereof, are cut away forming t-he recesses 8 which are adapted to uncover or expose portions of the cutting edges of the blade l especially in closing the plates to permit the tips as severed from cigars to pass over said portions and enter said recesses, while the plate 2 has therein a segmental slot 9 which extending in the same from a side thereof is adapted to receive the lug 6 and engage with the contiguous side of the same, thus serving to guide said plate 2 true and steady in its rotation, and furthermore retaining the lug 6 in the opening in the blade that it occupies, and so preventing rotary shifting of said blade on the pivot 3.

It will be seen that when the plates are turned or opened as in Fig. 3 or 4t, the tip portion of a cigar may be inserted in the required opening 7 of the plate f2, when the plates are turned in the opposite direction or closed when the edge of the blade l comes in contact with said portion of the cigar and severs the tip thereof with a sharp and regular cut and in an easy manner, it being noticed that the edges of the blades are covered suilieiently as not to be liable to cut the fingers of the operator, and the closing motions of the blades are limited by the inner terminal of the slot 9, abutting against the lug 6 as a stop, the blades then being in their normal positions as in Figs. l and 2, but the opening motions of the blades are limited by the abutment of the outer end of the wall of the slot 9 against the lug 6, said end forming a shoulder l0 as most plainly shown in Fig. l.

The pivot is made tubular as a sleeve and split in its periphery whereby it is resilient in its nature. The side of the sleeve has a somewhat conical depression 1l therein in the circular direction thereof, in order to iiare against the cent-ral openings of the plates and blade therein, it being evident that when the pivot is pushed into said openings, it contracts and that when depression ll registers with the walls of said openings, the pivot expands so that said walls lll) are seated in said depression 11 and the widening portions of the pivot wedge against the walls of the openings in the plates and prevent the latter from separating and outward displacement. rIhen, when the blade becomes dull or fractured and requires removal, the pivot is pushed through the plates and blades by the superior torce when said pivot contracts so that its wider end portions pass freely through the openings that they occupy and thus the blades are disconnected when the blade is accessible and separable.

The openings in the plate 2 vary in diameter Jfor cigars of diderent sizes, and they occupy opposite sides of the pivot of the device.

In Fig. 9, I show another embodiment of the invention in that there are employed the plate 12 with openings 13 therein, and the plateV 14 which is pivoted to said plate 12 and has cutting edges 15 on opposite sides of the pivot ot the plates, said edges being adapted to sweep over the openings 13 and shear therewith, when the plates are closed, a cigar having been introduced into either opening. In the central portion of the plate lt are segmental slots 16 to receive the pins 17 on the plate 12 as stops to limit the opening and closing motions of the plates 12 and 14 as is evident.

In Fig. 10, I show two segmental slots in one of the plates and a plurality of lugs 6 on the other plate. In this case the circular openings 5 in the blade are substituted by an elongated opening 5 without, however, producing different results, it being seen that in every instance, the blade is held flat and firmly between the plates, while it may be readily removed or reversed for presenting the other side of the edges or to sharpen it if desired, and the pivot 3 by its resilient and wedge like nature serving to take up the wear of the plates at their axis and so keep said plates close together without severe friction.

It will be noticed that when the cutter is opened and the tip of a cigar introduced the blade to approach and pass the opening occupied by said tip and thus shear-off the tip in the practical manner stated.

I-Iaving thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is

1. A pair of plates, one having a cigartip opening therein, and the other having a recess in its side, a cutting blade detachably held to the last named plate with the cutting edge exposed by said recess, and means for pivoting said plates together, whereby the recessed plate may be turned to cause the blade to sever a cigar tip passed through the opening in the first-named plate.

2. A pair of plates, one having a cigartip opening, and a segmental slot in its side, and the other having a recess in its Side, and a lug on its inner face, said slot having its walls adapted to ride freely over the outer end portion of said lug, a detachable cutting blade having an opening adapted to receive said lug and having its cutting edge exposed by said recess, and means for pivoting said plates together whereby the recessed plate may be turned to cause the blade to sever a cigar-tip passed through the opening in t-he first-named plate.

3. A pair of plates, one having a cigartip opening therein, and the other having a recess in its side, a cutting blade held to the last-named plate with its cutting edge exposed by said recess, and a resilient pivot passing through said plates and blade adapted to removably connect the same.

et. A plate, a blade thereon, and a pivot removably connecting said blade with said plate, said pivot being resilient in its circular direction.

JAMES H. BOY/VEN. Witnesses:

JOHN A. IVIEDERSHEIM, N. BUssiNGnR.

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